Compared with the local labor market
Senior Physician Assistant pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area
Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 3,890 people — is $161,890. Ambulatory Care Network pays a median base salary of $206,080 for this role, 27% above that figure — about the 76th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Ambulatory Care Network sits in the local pay range
$99,570
$134,550
$161,890
$204,970
$220,580
Ambulatory Care Network median · $206,080
The bar is the range of annual wages for Physician Assistants across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Ambulatory Care Network’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 162,150 people — is $135,880. Ambulatory Care Network’s median base salary is 52% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$99,380
$120,670
$135,880
$163,980
$190,280
Ambulatory Care Network median · $206,080
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Ambulatory Care Network is $324,233, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across Los Angeles County
Senior Physician Assistant is held in 2 Los Angeles County departments. In Ambulatory Care Network, the median of $324,233 ranks #2 of 2.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Senior Physician Assistant role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.